In Buddhism there are no teachings that are ineffectual or shallow; it is because the individual person is inadequate that his being fails to be ripened and liberated. Consequently, please exert yourself in being able to mingle the teachings with your own mind, no matter what Dharma system you follow. This is my sincere prayer to all people of future generations.áTsele Natsok Rangdrol, Empowerment and the Path of Liberation, Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, $14.00

The most learned master Tsele Pema Legdrub Natsok Rangdrol was prophesied as the body-emanation of the great translator Vairochana. Renowned as the reincarnation of the incomparable Tendzin Dorje, he was invited to the Thangdruk Monastery, established by his previous reincarnation. Attending numerous learned and acomplished masters, including Gangra Lochen, he fully comprehended the philosophical scriptures and oral instructions of sutra and tantra., according to the new and old schools. Being extremely disciplined, even the liqour in his feast offerings was prepared from water with molasses. Besides this his tongue never touched a drop of alcohol.In the later part of his life he stayed in Palri Gotsang, the cave of Desek Tse in the south, and other places where he perfected the realization of mahamudra and dzogchen. Among his disciples are included Gampopa Sangpo Dorje, Bomting Choje Miphampa, Tau Pema Lodro, and others.

Composed by His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse, who extracted this autobiographical information from the inner life story of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great.